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(Application filed Oct. 8, 1898 (No Model.)

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JOHN E. FULLER, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SYDNEY B.STARR, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY-PIN FOR SCARFS, SL0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,091, dated January3, 1899. Application filed October 8, 1898. Serial No. 692,977. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Safety-Pins for Scarfs, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

Pins of different characters have been made with a longitudinal slot anda cross-piece in the slot and a connecting pivot-pin, so that after thepin has been thrust through the article the cross-piece will assume atransverse position and prevent the pin being withdrawn. In pins of thischaracter it has been diflicult to introduce the pin, because it wasusually necessary to hold the cross-piece in position in order that thepin might be thrust through the fabric.

Mypresent improvement relates to the combination, with the pin having across-piece, of a sliding collar adapted to hold the crosspiece inposition when being inserted, and which collar is pressed back bycontact with the fabric as the pin is thrust into position. I alsoprovide a spring by which the crosspiece is thrown out automaticallyafter the ends have entirely cleared the inner side of the fabric.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the scarf-pin, partially insection, to illustrate the sliding collar for holding the crosspiece andthe spring for projecting the same when the cross-piece is liberatedfrom the collar. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section of the pin withthe cross-piece turned out at right angles to the pin, and Fig. 3 is asection representing the presentimprovement as applied to a stud with ashort stem.

The pin A is to be of suitable size and shape. It is shown in thedrawings as magnified and much larger than the usual size for ascarfpin, and there may be a gem or ornamental head 13 at the upper endof the pin.

In the body or shank of the pin a longitudinal mortise is provided, andin this mortise a cross piece or bar 0 is introduced and pivoted at 2,and D is a sleeve or collar fitting around the shank of the pin andadapted to slide endwise freely, so that it may be brought down toconfine the upper end of the crosspiece 0 when that cross-piece isturned into the longitudinal mortise, so that the crosspiece may notinterfere with the insertion of the pin into the scarf or fabric, andthis collar D, coming into contact with the surface of the fabric, isheld thereby while the pin is pressed on into such fabric, and the crosspiece 0, swinging on this pivot 2, assumes a position at right angles,or nearly so, to the pin in order that the pin may not be withdrawnuntil the cross-piece has been returned to the mortise, so as tocoincide longitudinally with the pin. This collar D may be more or lessornamental and form the upper end of the scarf-pin or an ornamentthereon adjacent to the jewel B.

I find it advantageous to employ a spring E, introduced into the pin, sothat it acts against the cross-piece C to throw it out at right angles,or nearly so, to the pin. Aconvenient way of introducing this spring isto prolong the slot sufficient for the reception of the spring and toallow this spring to act against the upper part of the cross-piece 0. Ofcourse this spring is slightly pressed when the cross-piece is returnedto position for withdrawing the pin from the scarf.

If desired to use the present invention on a shirt-stud, it is onlynecessary to make the stem or pin shorter, and in this case the slidingcollar may be dispensed with and the spring only be employed to throwout one end of the cross-piece. This form of the improvement isrepresented in a magnified size in Fig. 3.

Under all circumstances the present improvement prevents the stud or pinbeing stolen, because the article cannot be separated without attractingthe attention of the wearer, as both hands are required, the one to turnthe cross-piece into line with the stem and the other to draw out thearticle, and there is very little risk of the article being lost,because the cross-piece'normally remains substantially at right anglesto the stem of the pin, stud, badge, medal, hat-pin, or other artitle toWhich the improvement is applied.

It will be observed in Fig. 3 that the crosspiece 0 is in a verticalplane passing through the ornamental end; but the ornamental end maystand in any desired relation to the pin and cross-piece.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination With the pin having apivoted cross-piece, of a sliding collar upon the pin passing over andholding one end of the cross-piece Within the longitudinal slot of thepin and which collar allows the pin to slide through it together withthe cross-piece, so that the cross-piece may occupy a transverseposition and prevent the withdrawal of the pin until such cross-piece isreturned to its normal position longitudinally of the pin, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination with the pin slotted longitudinally, of a cross-pieceWithin the slot, a pivot-pin passing through the crosspiece and throughthe pin, and a spring con- JOHN E. FULLER.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.

